This property was original reported in March 2013 and was red tagged later that year. The property was sold and OPW has neglected to enforce the city codes regarding graffiti and blight.
The property owner should be held responsible for the trash that their contractor placed on the sidewalk several months ago.

Please review the following notes regarding this property.

>CODE ENFORCEMENT, Service Request # 422730 08-22-2012

>Building Services currently has an open complaint # 1301307, for this property, the property address is 9894 Macarthur Blvd. The Notice Abate was mailed to the owner on 03/18/13 with re-inspection scheduled 04/12/13. If the owner has not abated the blight by 04/12/13 then can contract to have the property cleaned and secured.
The property has now been sold to a new owner who has prepared plans to repair the property. The owner and contractor will meet with me on Monday, April 22, 2013.
Isaac Wilson

>Reported: on 04-10-2013
Service Request ID: 426409
According to our system, we already have an open service request at this location. Your service request has been combined with service request # 426409 .

Wow...4-10-2013!!! What is is going to take?

I just drove by and found a scavenger (homeless?) person rummaging through the property and dragging items out. This property is not secured at this time and is a safety issue in our neighborhood.

City of Oakland Public Works Department referred this issue to CODE ENFORCEMENT, service request # 525804.Please contact that department to follow-up, see “Other Helpful Links” at:
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/Connect/ReportaProblem/index.htm#Links.

Here are some important City of Oakland contact points:

Abandoned Autos: (510) 777-8622 (abandoned vehicles on the public street after 3 days)

Animal Control (510) 535-5602 (live animals); (510) 535-4888 (dead animals)

Code Enforcement: (510) 238-3381 (blighted private properties, deteriorated buildings, inoperable vehicles on private property)

Drug Hotline: (510) 238-3784 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Parking Citations (800) 500-6484 (parking citation assistance center, pay or appeal a citation); (510) 238-3099 (enforcement)

Prostitution Hotline: (510) 238-2373 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Thank you.

The new owners should be contacted since it is now "2014"!!! I will call again tomorrow too.

I spoke with Jackie Muhoro, the De la Raza Taqueria business owner, on Friday, June 27. She was very nice and was concerned about the trash and open access to this site. She assured me that she would be over there on Saturday.

She believes that the trash was dumped there from another site and also voiced her frustration about the graffiti, since it returned as soon as they painted the walls. I expect that the graffiti is mostly local kids and doesn't appear gang related and people are constantly dumping trash around most of Oakland.

She even called to update me on what they had done and the progress that they are making. They have secure building permits but, the work required - replacing the foundation, is much more extensive than they had anticipated.

As promised, the trash was removed and the site secured that weekend. As I walked by the following Monday morning, I could see the beginnings of rebuilding the foundation.

She asked that if anyone sees activity other than construction, they should give her a call and she will call the police if the people are still there.

She wants to be a responsible neighbor but, has been struggling against the local derelicts, gangs and teens in the area as well as the bureaucracy and lack of support from our Oakland government.